Jul 24, 2012 12:23
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English term
choice spirit
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'Aye, I do; and I am certain of what I say, that's better,' returned the dwarf. 'You bring Trent to me. Tell him I am his friend and yours—why shouldn't I be?'
'There's no reason why you shouldn't, certainly,' replied Dick, 'and perhaps there are a great many why you should—at least there would be nothing strange in your wanting to be my friend, if you were a choice spirit, but then you know you're not a choice spirit.'
'I not a choice spirit?' cried Quilp.
'Devil a bit, sir,' returned Dick. 'A man of your appearance couldn't be. If you're any spirit at all, sir, you're an evil spirit. Choice spirits,' added Dick, smiting himself on the breast, 'are quite a different looking sort of people, you may take your oath of that, sir.'
'There's no reason why you shouldn't, certainly,' replied Dick, 'and perhaps there are a great many why you should—at least there would be nothing strange in your wanting to be my friend, if you were a choice spirit, but then you know you're not a choice spirit.'
'I not a choice spirit?' cried Quilp.
'Devil a bit, sir,' returned Dick. 'A man of your appearance couldn't be. If you're any spirit at all, sir, you're an evil spirit. Choice spirits,' added Dick, smiting himself on the breast, 'are quite a different looking sort of people, you may take your oath of that, sir.'
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like a good non-worldy entiity
Choice here means good, as in a choice wine, a good wine
There is also in the use of choice, the double meaning of good, in the difference of meaning of good and bad in the morally neutral sense, and good and evil in the moral sense
Spirit has the literal sense of a non worldly being like an angel or a demon and also the sense of the spirit or character of the person
There is also in the use of choice, the double meaning of good, in the difference of meaning of good and bad in the morally neutral sense, and good and evil in the moral sense
Spirit has the literal sense of a non worldly being like an angel or a demon and also the sense of the spirit or character of the person
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